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US 11,062,965 · App. 16/781,183 · Granted Jul 13, 2021

Flipped vertical field-effect-transistor

Inventors: Kangguo Cheng (Schenectady, NY); Xin Miao (Guilderland, NY); Wenyu Xu (Albany, NY); Chen Zhang (Guilderland, NY)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
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Patent No.
US 11,062,965
App. No.
16/781,183
Granted
Jul 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various embodiments disclose a method for fabricating vertical transistors. In one embodiment, a structure is formed comprising at least a first substrate, an insulator layer on the substrate, a first doped layer on the insulator layer, at least one fin structure in contact with the doped layer, a dielectric layer surrounding a portion of the fin structure, a gate layer on the dielectric layer, a second doped layer in contact with the fin structure, a first contact area in contact with the second doped layer, and at least a first interconnect in contact with the first contact area. The structure is flipped bonded to a second substrate. The first substrate and the insulator layer are removed to expose the first doped layer. A second contact area is formed in contact with the first doped layer. At least a second interconnect is formed in contact with the second contact area.

Claims (78)

1. A method for forming a circuit, the method comprising:

disposing a top supply rail and a top ground rail within a top level of a circuit;

disposing a bottom supply rail and a bottom ground rail within a bottom level of the circuit;

disposing at least one input line within a middle level of the circuit;

disposing an output line within the top level of the circuit;

coupling at least one p-type vertical field-effect-transistor (FET) to one of the bottom supply rail and the top supply rail; and

coupling at least one n-type vertical FET to one of the bottom ground rail and the top ground rail,

wherein, the at least one p-type vertical FET and the at least one n-type vertical FET each comprise a bottom source/drain layer disposed below a gate structure and a top source/drain layer disposed above the gate structure.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

coupling the at least one p-type vertical FET to the at least one input line, the output line, and the bottom supply rail.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one p-type vertical FET comprises a plurality of p-type vertical FETs, and

wherein the method further comprises:

coupling each p-type vertical FET of the plurality of p-type vertical FETs to the at least one input line, the output line, and the bottom supply rail.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

coupling the at least one n-type vertical FET to the at least one input line and, the output line, and the bottom ground rail.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one n-type vertical FET comprises a plurality of n-type vertical FETs, where the plurality of n-type vertical FETs comprises an even number of n-type vertical FETs, and

wherein the method further comprises:

coupling each n-type vertical FET of the plurality of n-type FETs to the at least one input line;

coupling at least one n-type vertical FET to the output line; and

coupling at least one n-type vertical FET of the plurality of n-type vertical FETs to the top ground rail.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one n-type vertical FET comprises a plurality of n-type vertical FETs, where the plurality of n-type vertical FETs comprises an odd number of plurality of n-type vertical FETs, and

wherein the method further comprises:

coupling each n-type vertical FET of the plurality of n-type FETs to the at least one input line;

coupling at least one n-type vertical FET to the output line; and

coupling at least one n-type vertical FET of the plurality of n-type vertical FETs to the bottom ground rail.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one p-type vertical FET comprises a plurality of p-type vertical FETs, where the plurality of p-type vertical FETs comprises an even number of plurality of p-type vertical FETs, and

wherein the method further comprises:

coupling each p-type vertical FET of the plurality of p-type vertical FETs to the at least one input line;

coupling at least one p-type vertical FET to the output line; and

coupling at least one p-type vertical FET of the plurality of p-type vertical FETs to the top supply rail.

8. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein the at least one p-type vertical FET comprises a plurality of p-type vertical FETs, where the plurality of p-type vertical FETs comprises an odd number of plurality of p-type vertical FETs, and

wherein the method comprises:

coupling each p-type vertical FET of the plurality of p-type vertical FETs to the at least one input line;

coupling at least one p-type vertical FET to the output line; and

coupling at least one p-type vertical FET in the plurality of p-type vertical FETs to the bottom supply rail.

9. A method for forming a circuit, the method comprising:

disposing a top supply rail and a top ground rail within a top level of a circuit;

disposing a bottom supply rail and a bottom ground rail within a bottom level of the circuit;

disposing at least one input line within a middle level of the circuit;

disposing an output line within the top level of the circuit;

coupling at least one p-type vertical field-effect-transistor (FET) to at least the output line and the bottom supply rail; and

coupling at least one n-type vertical FET to at least the output line and the bottom ground rail,

wherein, the at least one p-type vertical FET and the at least one n-type vertical FET each comprise a bottom source/drain layer disposed below a gate structure and a top source/drain layer disposed above the gate structure.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:

coupling a source terminal of the at least one p-type vertical FET and a source terminal of the at least one n-type vertical FET to the output line.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:

coupling a drain terminal of the at least one p-type vertical FET to the output line.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:

coupling a drain terminal of the at least one n-type vertical FET to the output line.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:

coupling a source terminal of the at least one p-type vertical FET to the bottom supply rail; and

coupling a source terminal of the at least one n-type vertical FET to the bottom supply rail.

14. A method for forming a circuit, the method comprising:

disposing a bottom supply rail and a bottom ground rail within a bottom level of the circuit;

disposing at least one input line within a middle level of the circuit;

disposing an output line within a top level of the circuit;

coupling a plurality of p-type vertical field-effect-transistors (FETs) to the at least one input line;

coupling at least one p-type vertical FET to the output line;

coupling at least one p-type vertical FET of the plurality of p-type vertical FETs to the bottom supply rail; and

coupling at least one n-type vertical FET to one of the bottom ground rail and a top ground rail,

wherein, each of the p-type vertical FETs and the at least one n-type vertical FET comprises a bottom source/drain layer disposed below a gate structure and a top source/drain layer disposed above the gate structure.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the method further comprises:

coupling the at least one n-type vertical FET to the at least one input line and, the output line, and the bottom ground rail.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the at least one n-type vertical FET comprises a plurality of n-type vertical FETs, where the plurality of n-type vertical FETs comprises an even number of plurality of n-type vertical FETs, and

wherein the method further comprises:

coupling each n-type vertical FET of the plurality of n-type FETs to the at least one input line;

coupling at least one n-type vertical FET to the output line; and

coupling at least one n-type vertical FET of the plurality of n-type vertical FETs to the top ground rail.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the at least one n-type vertical FET comprises a plurality of n-type vertical FETs, where the plurality of n-type vertical FETs comprises an odd number of plurality of n-type vertical FETs, and

wherein the method further comprises:

coupling each n-type vertical FET of the plurality of n-type FETs to the at least one input line;

coupling at least one n-type vertical FET to the output line; and

coupling at least one n-type vertical FET of the plurality of n-type vertical FETs to the bottom ground rail.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of p-type vertical FETs comprises an odd number of p-type vertical FETs.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the method further comprises:

coupling a source terminal of the at least one p-type vertical FET to the bottom supply rail.

20. The method of claim 14 , wherein the method further comprises:

coupling a source terminal of the least one n-type vertical FET to the bottom ground rail.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2020
From: CHENG, KANGGUO; MIAO, XIN; XU, WENYU; ZHANG, CHEN
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051711/0268 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 16197692 · Nov 21, 2018
Continuation 15848151 · Dec 20, 2017
Continuation 15497608 · Apr 26, 2017
Continuation 15137036 · Apr 25, 2016
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